Brooklyn Arts Gallery, Sea Gate

#128 among attractions in Sea Gate

Museum, Art gallery

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The Brooklyn Arts Gallery was Brooklyn's first art gallery. Located in the borough's Brooklyn Heights neighborhood in New York City, the gallery first opened on January 22, 1958, with the purpose being to "provide facilities where artists may display their work to the public at a minimum cost and without red tape." Open to the public and free of charge to both patrons and artists, the gallery was privately established for the benefit of lesser-known artists in Brooklyn by its founder and director, Sylvia Dwyer. The Gallery's exhibits of paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, and ceramics reflected many artistic movements of that era, including expressionism, realism, modern, non-objective, and abstraction. Throughout the 1960s, the gallery remained a center for artists and was heralded for its cultural influence on the neighborhood. ()

Coordinates: 40°41'39"N, 73°59'39"W

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Northwestern Brooklyn (Brooklyn Heights)Sea Gate United States

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Brooklyn Arts Gallery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: New York Transit Museum, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn Heights Promenade, Korean War Veterans Plaza.

~1790 ftSE
Hands-on history of mass transporation
New York Transit Museum, New York City
9 min walk • Nestled in the bustling borough of Brooklyn, the New York Transit Museum is a unique urban sanctuary dedicated to the history of New York City's public transportation system. Housed in a decommissioned subway station at 99 Schermerhorn Street, this museum offers...
~1810 ftNW
Park
Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York City
9 min walk • Brooklyn Bridge Park is a verdant oasis nestled along the East River in New York City. This expansive park in Brooklyn offers locals and tourists alike a scenic retreat from the urban hustle, with stunning views of the Manhattan skyline and the iconic Brooklyn Bridge.
~1250 ftW
Park, Historic walking areas, View point
Brooklyn Heights Promenade, New York City
7 min walk • The Brooklyn Heights Promenade, also called the Esplanade, is a 1,826-foot-long platform and pedestrian walkway cantilevered over the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York City, United States.
~1110 ftNE
Memorial
Korean War Veterans Plaza, Sea Gate
6 min walk • Korean War Veterans Plaza is a memorial plaza in Brooklyn, New York City, at Fulton and Tillary streets. The plaza features a gate and flagstaff, cast in 1992 and dedicated on November 11 of that year.
~1840 ftN
Church, Historical place, Sacred and religious sites
Plymouth Church, New York City
9 min walk • Plymouth Church is an historic church located at 57 Orange Street between Henry and Hicks Streets in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City; the Church House has the address 75 Hicks Street.
~1790 ftNE
Monuments and statues
Brooklyn War Memorial, Sea Gate
9 min walk • The Brooklyn War Memorial is a war memorial installed in Brooklyn's Cadman Plaza, in the U.S. state of New York. It features two high relief figures sculpted by Charles Keck, which represent victory and family, as well as a memorial wall in its main auditorium.
0.4 miSE
Church, Neoclassical architecture
Friends Meetinghouse and School, Sea Gate
10 min walk • The Friends Meetinghouse and School is an historic Quaker meeting house and adjacent school building at the corner of Schermerhorn Street and Boerum Place in the Boerum Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City.
~1180 ftSE
Greek Revival architecture, City hall
Brooklyn Borough Hall, New York City
6 min walk • Brooklyn Borough Hall is a building in Downtown Brooklyn, New York City. It was designed by architects Calvin Pollard and Gamaliel King in the Greek Revival style, and constructed of Tuckahoe marble under the supervision of superintendent Stephen Haynes.
~1570 ftSE
Church
Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Sea Gate
8 min walk • The Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Sts. Constantine and Helen, more simply Sts. Constantine and Helen Cathedral is a Greek Orthodox cathedral church at 64 Schermerhorn Street in Downtown Brooklyn, New York. It is best known for taking in parishioners from St.
~1940 ftNE
Park
Walt Whitman Park, Sea Gate
10 min walk • Walt Whitman Park is a park in the Downtown Brooklyn section of Brooklyn, New York City, commemorating Walt Whitman. It is adjacent to Cadman Plaza East to the west and Adams Street to the east.
~560 ftNE
Church
First Unitarian Congregational Society, Sea Gate
3 min walk • First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn is a Unitarian Universalist congregation in Brooklyn, NY. The Society was established in 1833 and has been worshiping in its historic Gothic Revival Sanctuary since 1844. The Sanctuary is adorned with stained glass windows and a Louis C. Tiffany angel mosaic.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Brooklyn Arts Gallery?

Nearby attractions include Toy Museum of NY, Sea Gate (2 min walk), St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, New York City (2 min walk), Center for Brooklyn History, New York City (3 min walk), Brooklyn Heights, New York City (3 min walk).

How to get to Brooklyn Arts Gallery by public transport?

The nearest stations to Brooklyn Arts Gallery:

Metro

Court Street • Lines: N, R (3 min walk)
Clark Street • Lines: 2, 3 (6 min walk)

Bus

Sands Street & Pearl Street • Lines: B67, B69 (14 min walk)
Greyhound (14 min walk)

Ferry

Pier 11/Wall Street Terminal (21 min walk)
Whitehall • Lines: Sif (28 min walk)

Train

Atlantic Terminal (29 min walk)